Spring bed-bottom



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

' A. E. BEALL.

SPRING BBD BOTTOM.

No. 546,293. Patented Sept. 17, 1895.

(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 2.

A.' E. BBALL. SPRING BBD BOTTOM. No. 546,293. Patented Sept. 17, 1895.

llivrrnn STATES PATENT trios'.

ALBERT E. BEALL', OF HUBBARD, IOWA.

SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,293, datedSeptember 17, 1895.

Application tiled February 28, 1895. Serial No. 540,032. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ALBERT E. BEALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hubbard, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new7 and useful Spring Bed- Bottom, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to spring bed-loottoms; and it has for its objectto provide a new and useful construction of spring bed-bottom havingexceptional strength and durability, while at the same time providingfor a comfortable yielding support for the mattress that is placedthereon.

Withthese and other objects in view, which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan View of a spring bed-bottomconstructed in accordance with this invention, showing the greaterportion of the wire-fabric covering removed to expose the springconnections at the top of the bed-bottom. Fig. 2 is a side View thereof.Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the bed-bottom. Fig. 4 is adetail in perspective of an adjacent pair of springs. Fig. 5 is anenlarged detail sectional View showing the connection of the sectionalconnecting-wires with the aligned coils of the transverse rows ofsprings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l l designate upper and lowerparallel rectangular wire border-frames, between which are arrangedtransversely and longitudinally aligned rows of springs 2. The springs 2are each shaped from a single continuous length of spring wire that isbent to form a verticallydisposed V-shaped spring portion 3. Thevertically-disposed spring portions 3 of the springs 2 are arranged intransverse parallel rows, and said V-shaped spring portions or springs 3are provided at their intermediate apices with spring-coiled and at theextremities of the arms leading from said intermediate coils withterminal spring-coils 5, and from the upper and lower terminalspring-coils 5 the springs 2 have extended upper and lower horizontalwires 7. These upper and lower horizontal wires 7 of the end rows ofsprings have their terminals opposite the spring-coils 5, coiled orhooked onto the end wires of the border-frames 1, as at 8.

The upper and lower horizontal wires 7 of each pair of adjacent parallelsprings in the intermediate rows diagonally intersect each other, as at9, and are provided at their terminals opposite the coils 5 with theengaging hooks 9, that engage in the terminal coils 5 of a parallelspring in the adjacent transverse row; or, in other words, thediagonally-arranged upper and lower horizontal wires 7 of one of theV-shaped springs are connected with the terminal coils of a diagonallyopposite V-shaped spring arranged in the next adjacent transverse row ofsprings, as will he easily understood from the drawings.

The diagonally intersecting or crossing upper and lower horizontal wires7 of the V- shaped springs form intermediate bridges to l till thespaces between the adjacent transverse rows of springs, and saidintersecting wires are securely connected together at their point ofintersection, and are transversely braced by means of the continuoustransverse brace-wires 10, secured at their ends, as at 1l,

adjacent to the side wires of the frames 1, and coiled, as at 12, aroundthe diagonally crossing wires 7. Arranged as continuations of the wires10 are the short brace-wires 13, connected at their outer ends to theside wires of the frames vland hooked at their inner ends onto the wires7, where the terminals of the wires 10 are connected.

The parallel V-shaped springs and each transverse row of springs aresecurely braced apart and flexibly connected together by means of thesectional connecting-wires 1-1, that are connected with the intermediateand terminal aligned spring-coils il and 5 of the springs. The sectionalconnecting-wires 14, extend continuously from side to side of thebed-bottom to provide for properly connecting the transverse rows ofsprings together. The said sectional connecting-wires 14 consist of aseries of horribly-connected wire links 15, that are provided at theirends with rightangularly-disposed hook-loops 16, that are disposed atone side ofthe spring-coils through which the links are passed. Theadjacent ends of the links 15 are iiexihly and slidably connectedtogether by the hook-loop 16 of ICO one link loosely embracing the otherlink, and at their connected ends the links 15 of the wire 14 areextended through the springcoils of the springs, so as to dispose one ofthe hook-loops 16 of one link at one side of the spring-coil and thehook-loop of the adjacent link at the other side of the same coil,thereby completinga connection that prevents the disengagement of theWire links 15 from the spring-coils, while at the same time providing aflexible connection between the links of the sectional wires and alsobetween the springs that are connected thereby.

At the sides and ends of the bed-bottom the same is additionally bracedby the side and end pairs of diagonal brace-wires 17, connected togetherat their points of intersection, as at 18, and secured at their ends, asat 19, to the corners of the border-frames l. Thesad side and end pairsof diagonal bracewires 17 assist not only to brace the bed-bottom, butalso to maintain the proper shape of the same.

While the construction of bed-bottom herein described provides duplicateupper and lower sides, so that the same Will be reversible in characterthe side that is used as the upper side has preferably stretchedthereover a wire-fabric covering 20, of any suitable wire-fabricmaterial, and secured at its edges at different points, as at 21, to theupper wire border-trame of the bed-bottom.

From the above it is thought that the con struction and utility of theherein-described bed-bottom will be apparent Without furtherdescription, and it will be understood that changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a spring bed bottom, Vthe co-mbination of upper and lowerrectangular wire border frames, transversely and longitudinally alignedrows of vertically disposed V-shaped springs arranged between the borderframes and provided at their intermediate apices and at the extremitiesof the arms leading from said apices with spring coils, said V- shapedsprings being further provided with upper and lower horizontal Wiresextended from the upper and lower terminal spring coils thereof, theupper and lower horizontal wires of each pair of adjacent parallelsprings diagonally crossing` each other and provided at their terminalsopposite the coils with engaging hooks engaging in the terminal coils ofa diagonally opposite spring in the next adl jacent transverse row,transverse brace wires connecting the diagonally crossed upper and lowerhorizontal wires of the springs, and suitable connections between thesprings and the border frames, substantially as set forth.

2. In a spring bed bottom, the combination ot' transversely andlongitudinally aligned rows of vertically disposed V-s'haped springsprovided at their intermediate apices and at the extremities of the armsleading from the f provided at their intermediate apices and at theextremities of the arms leading from the apices with spring coils, andsectional con-` necting wires connecting the aligned coils of thetransverse rows of springs, said sectional connecting wires consistingof a series of separate wire links provided at their ends with rightangularly disposed hook loops loosely embracing the Vend of the adjacentlink, one of the hook loops at the connected ends of the links beingdisposed at one side of the adjacent spring coil, and the other adjacenthook-loop being disposed at the opposite sido of the same spring coil,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT E. BEALL.

Witnesses:

L. O. LowDEN, R. A. JoHNsoN.

